title: [Social welfare and health services in the Fraylesca Region in Chiapas: the use of prenatal care services].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the use of antenatal care services (ACS) in the Fraylesca Region of Chiapas, Mexico, and to identify groups with lower probability of receiving ACS.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 1994, a health survey was performed on a random sample of 1,100 households, which compiled sociodemographic information and on the use of ACS during the last pregnancy within the two years previous to the study (n = 297 women from 15 to 49 years of age). The groups with lower probability of receiving adequate ACS (5 or more visits) were identified with a log-linear model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two percent of women received inadequate ACS (0 to 4 visits). Women with better socioeconomic status had higher probability of using ACS adequately than women with lower socioeconomic status: OR 2.47 (Cl 95% 1.12-5.44).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results provide evidence of the need to improve the quality of ACS, to support the traditional midwives and to improve living conditions of the population.
authors.affiliation: División de Salud y Población, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Pérez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochoa-Díaz López
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: García-Gil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín-Mateo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Bienestar social y servicios de salud en la Región Fraylesca de Chiapas: el uso de servicios de atención prenatal.